Isobe

Isobe is a Japanese megacorporation with interests in construction, aircraft manufacturing, military production, and consumer goods. Isobe was founded as a construction company in 1921 by Sukenobu Isobe. Isobe was based out of Isobe's home of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture in southern Shikoku in its initial years, but after his death in 1936 and the appointment of Masazumi Zoi as the new CEO of the company, Isobe was moved to Tokyo, becoming a major company. Isobe grew after the end of World War II, buying the aircraft industry Haru and the consumer goods company Nikko Corporation, and its projects included the Ryukyu Causeway and several roads in Japan.